Blessing in Disguise
Blessing in Disguise children’s charity actively raises funds through events and through the kind generosity of it's donors, support from the community and local and national businesses.
This enables us to provide a range of essential and special needs equipment, planned activities and providing a range of life enhancing experiences, via it's free service, helping to significantly improve the quality of life, encouraging social and recreational opportunities, creating many treasured memories to share with family and loved ones for terminally ill, disabled and disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

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Family Fund
We will look at any grant request that relates to the needs of a disabled or seriously ill child, young person and their family.
Families often apply for essential items such as washing machines, but we can also help young people aged 17 and under with grants that have particular meaning to their age group, such as equipment for college.
Due to our limited funding, we are not always able to meet the full cost of every item requested.
All our grants are discretionary and subject to available funding.

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Merlins Magic Wand
We welcome applications on behalf of children aged 2-18 with a Serious illness/Long Term illness, disability* or disadvantage, who would benefit from a day out at a Merlin attraction.
Applications are now open for 2015.
Merlin's Magic Wand continues to help more and more children every year but our resources are not unlimited and due to a high demand for tickets we are currently only accepting applications from those families or children we have not previously supported/have not visited us before.
We are sorry if this causes disappointment but our aim is to ensure that the maximum number of eligible children are able to enjoy a day out with us just as so many have already done.
This will be under review and should the situation change we will advise you of this on our website.

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The Boparan Charitable Trust
The Boparan Charitable Trust was set up with the sole purpose of helping as many children and young people across the nation who are disadvantaged either by poverty, disability or terminal illness.
As a charity we take great pride in taking the time to listen, understand and help families who are often forgotten about or neglected by the health and social systems.
We work at grass roots level and provide financial grants for key items to help create solutions for a better, happier life; however we believe our charity can grow and do so much more…
- The Government have a target of eradicating child poverty – we fully support this and want to help more in deprived areas
- Work with social services and professional bodies to provide outreach programmes for children with disabilities
- Work with vulnerable children and young people to create a better future Work with more hospitals and support workers to provide the best standard of care for sick children
- Help make educational recreation more accessible to children in deprived communities.

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